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Hi everyone,
I'm reading Aveyard's novel RED QUEEN still in the first part.
What does "run off" mean in the following contex:
Like my dad Kilorn's father was sent off to war, but whereas mine returned missing a leg and a lung,
Mr. Warren (Kilorn's father) came back in a shoe box.
Kilorn's mother ran off after that leaving her young son to fend for himself.


Thanks.
In this context, to run off = to desert/leave one's family
In this context, to run off = to desert/leave one's family

Would you please judge this: run off=to leave, to leave off?
What do you mean by "judge this"?👁 Confused :confused:


Evaluate this, think about it and determine if it is correct and give some explanations about it. How should I have asked it?
I have no idea what you're trying to ask, either -- especially since "leave off" has no relevance to anything else here.
I have no idea what you're trying to ask, either -- especially since "leave off" has no relevance to anything else here.

I was trying to ask if run off here means both leave and leave off. I tried to show it by using = symbol. Does run off=leave=leave off here?
"Ran off", here, means "left".
"Ran off" does not mean "left off".
Since "leave" and "leave off" do not have the same meanings, you should not expect "run off" to have both of those two different meanings, in addition to its own meaning. As it is, "run off" is similar to, but not exactly the same as, "leave", but it does not have any similarity to "leave off."
Well, "I like McDonald's hamburgers, but I tell them to leave off the tomato."

Do you get it?

Yes, I get it. Leave off means give up. The preposition of run off caused the confusion.

Thanks.
Leave off means give up.
No, it means “omit” or “exclude.”
No, it means “omit” or “exclude.”

Can't we interpret it here as"give up presenting tomato as a product or give up providing tomato to their customers"?
Can't we interpret it here as"give up presenting tomato as a product or give up providing tomato to their customers"?
No; you're confusing it with the BE usage "If you don't leave off bothering me, I'll never get my work done." (My apologies to actual BE speakers if I haven't reproduced the usage correctly.)
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